The OU hockey club played its first home series of the year this weekend against North Dakota State, and the Sooners did not disappoint.

OU (5-1-0) — ranked No. 6 in the nation — outscored the Bison by a total of 23-0 in the two-game series, including a 15-0 victory Friday night during which senior defenseman Greg Smith re-wrote the Sooner record book.

Smith had seven assists in the match, easily breaking the previous school record of four assists in one game.

“As I was passing it, they were just burying them,” Smith said. “It just kind of worked out. Everyone was on fire shooting at the net. With everyone scoring, it makes it a lot easier to have seven assists.”

Friday’s contest saw 11 different Sooners score against a woefully undermanned NDSU squad. The Bison brought only 11 skaters and two goalies to the contest.

NDSU head coach John Douglas said it was because the team had academic obligations the players had to fulfill.

“We took a big road trip last week and some guys had to miss school last week and to do it two weeks in a row was real tough for them,” Douglas said. “We had about 16 players that needed to adhere to school rules and do their work.”

NDSU (1-5-0) had travelled to No. 2 Lindenwood University, which is in St. Louis, and faced a similar fate, allowing at least 10 goals per game.

The Sooners scored just 27 seconds into Friday’s contest off a blast from captain Austin Miller from the blueline.

Forwards Sean McCauley, Doug Gebbie and Daniel Siira each added two goals.

The Sooners scored five goals in each period and outshot the Bison 70-14.

Junior goalie Chad Helgason had his first shutout in his three seasons as a Sooner.

OU didn’t ease up in the second game of the weekend series.

Not to be outdone by his teammate, freshman goalie Matt Pombo also posted his first career American Collegiate Hockey Association shutout in Saturday night’s 8-0 victory. Pombo also faced 14 shots.

It took the Sooners nearly ten minutes to find their groove in Saturday’s contest, but then they scored three goals in slightly more than a minute to crush any hopes of a monumental upset.

OU outshot the Bison 44-14 Saturday night, but could not score in the third period despite taking 14 shots.

Smith followed his record-setting performance with a power-play goal in Saturday’s game.

The Sooners finished 2-for-7 on the powerplay over the weekend, with both goals coming in Saturday’s victory.

McCauley also had a stellar finish to his big weekend, recording another goal and three assists.

In all, 14 of the 20 Sooners who saw playing time over the weekend scored a goal.

“It was a good weekend for us,” Smith said.

The Sooners now have the OU-Texas week off, before heading to Chicago to play No. 24 Robert Morris College. They’re next home game will come Oct. 24 against Arizona State.